Sofar Sounds
Commercial Partnerships
ProjectManager(Contract),Partnerships
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“Project Manager (Contract), Partnerships at Sofar Sounds. Skills: project management, partnerships delivery, budget management, media plan delivery, client management. Own the post-sale kick-off process. lead the internal handover with Sales”
What You'll Achieve.
deliver flawless programs that meet (and beat) brand objectives; track performance against the internal media plan; Deliver the final campaign wrap: content recap, dashboard, and metrics reporting against KPIs
Industry & Context.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
3–7+ years of project or program management experience, owned campaigns end-to-end before, from contract signature through final wrap report, financially fluent — you can build and manage a campaign budget, track projections vs. actuals, and partner cleanly with a Finance team for sign-off, understand how paid and organic media plans come together — platforms, impressions, CPV, added-value items — and you can track delivery against committed numbers, produced live events (music a plus, but not required), work fluently in Google Workspace, and Slack, excellent client-facing communicator — you can lead a kick-off, hold a hard line on scope, and present a wrap report with equal confidence, comfortable managing multiple workstreams in parallel and partnering with creative, marketing, finance, and local operations teams simultaneously, available for contract work and energized by a flexible, project-based engagement model, working knowledge of the US live events, brand partnership, and experiential landscape
Nice to Have
ideally in branded events, experiential marketing, music, agency-side production, or partnerships delivery
What You'll Do.
Own the post-sale kick-off process
lead the internal handover with Sales
build the internal kick-off deck
run the external client kick-off call
Set up and maintain the campaign’s project plan
internal Slack channel
stakeholder workflows
Build the campaign budget in the Budget Tracker
drive sign-off with Finance
stay accountable for tracking allocated costs
manage vendor invoicing through to final reconciliation
Deliver and track performance against the internal media plan — paid and organic across YouTube and Meta
ensure seamless content delivery across the full campaign arc: pre-show ticket promotion and local posts
live show-day capture
and post-show recap videos
book and contract venue
production and events staff
Act as the day-to-day project lead for the client — setting communication norms
managing approval cycles
and keeping everyone aligned on timeline and milestones
Deliver the final campaign wrap in collaboration with Sales lead: content recap
and metrics reporting against KPIs
Bring operational rigor and a calm hand to a fast-moving cross-functional team — holding Sales
and creative accountable
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
work hand-in-hand with our Sales lead, Finance, local Sofar teams, and external client stakeholders; partner cleanly with a Finance team for sign-off; partnering with creative, marketing, finance, and local operations teams simultaneously; holding Sales, Finance, local teams, marketing, and creative accountable
Communication Scope
client-facing communicator; lead a kick-off; hold a hard line on scope; present a wrap report
Process & Methodology
project plan management, timeline management, stakeholder workflows, budget management, financial tracking, expense approval, vendor invoicing, performance tracking, content delivery tracking, live event production, venue booking, artist contracting, production contracting, event staff contracting, client communication, approval cycle management, milestone management, campaign wrap reporting, KPI reporting
Full Job Description
## Description ABOUT US Sofar Sounds is a global community that connects artists and audiences through unique and intimate experiences. Sofar shows transform everyday spaces — from living rooms and rooftops, to boutiques and museums — into captivating venues for intimate gigs, creating inclusive experiences that bring people closer together. Founded in London in 2009, Sofar creates space where music and arts matter in 400 cities around the world. Our global team is distributed across the US and UK, and is backed by some of the best-known consumer industry investors (TCG, Battery Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Octopus and others). THE ROLE Sofar’s Partnerships team builds and delivers branded music programs for some of the world’s most recognized brands, including Visa, New Balance, Sony, Delta, Arc’teryx and more. As we scale our slate of partner programs in the US, we’re building a flexible pool of contract Project Managers we can plug into specific campaigns as they come through the door. We’re looking for experienced PMs based in major markets across the US with a focus on NYC, San Francisco, Chicago and LA, who can take a signed deal from kick-off through event delivery and final wrap report. You’ll be the operational engine behind a partnership campaign, owning the timeline, the budget, the media plan delivery, the content calendar, and the show-day execution. You’ll work hand-in-hand with our Sales lead, Finance, local Sofar teams, and external client stakeholders to deliver flawless programs that meet (and beat) brand objectives. This is a contract role within a project-based pool. We’ll match contractors to campaigns based on availability, geography, and program complexity. ## What you'll do Own the post-sale kick-off process — lead the internal handover with Sales, build the internal kick-off deck, and run the external client kick-off call Set up and maintain the campaign’s project plan, internal Slack channel, and stakeholder workflows from d
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